People. Processes. Performance.North Carolina · Nationwide engagements

People. Processes. Performance.

A Clear Direction
for Lasting Change.

Improve operating performance, deliver critical projects, and build capacity for your next stage of growth. The Saloom Group helps owners, sponsors, and leadership teams turn business priorities into practical execution through investment in people and processes.

Matt Saloom, Founder of The Saloom Group

Matt Saloom

Founder · Former President & COO

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Executive experience behind our work

Volvo GroupPrevostMack TrucksHatteras YachtsMalibu BoatsMaverick Boat GroupMJM Yachts

Where we make an impact

From the investment thesis
to the factory floor.

Choose the support your business needs: acquisition execution, better operating performance, experienced leadership, manufacturing scale-up, or project delivery. Each engagement has a clear scope, defined outputs, and measures of success.

01 / TRANSACTION SUPPORT

M&A operational diligence & integration

Understand capacity, execution risk, and improvement potential before close. Turn those findings into a focused integration and value creation plan.

What you receive
Operational assessment, risk and opportunity review, integration roadmap, and 100-day action plan.

What an engagement can include
  • Manufacturing, quality, labor, and supply chain assessment
  • Capacity constraints, capital needs, and operational risk review
  • Post-close integration and 100-day execution plans
  • Carve-out readiness and operating model alignment
02 / PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

World-class production systems & operational excellence

Build a production system around your business. Apply Lean, Toyota Production System, World Class Manufacturing, and Six Sigma to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development.

What you receive
Performance baseline, prioritized improvement roadmap, daily management routines, and team coaching.

What an engagement can include
  • Production-system maturity assessment and phased transformation roadmap
  • Strategy deployment, daily management, leader standard work, and KPI accountability
  • Built-in quality, error proofing, Kaizen, and structured problem solving
  • Cost deployment, maintenance reliability, logistics, and loss reduction
  • Leadership coaching, frontline capability, and turnaround execution
03 / EMBEDDED LEADERSHIP

Fractional & interim executive support

Keep priorities moving during a leadership transition, performance reset, or period of rapid change. Get hands-on operating leadership that aligns teams, resolves obstacles, and owns execution.

What you receive
An accountable operating leader, execution priorities, management cadence, and board or sponsor reporting.

What an engagement can include
  • Fractional or interim COO and transformation leadership
  • Management cadence and cross-functional execution
  • Board and sponsor reporting tied to operating priorities
  • Leadership development and succession support
04 / GROWTH & SCALE

Manufacturing strategy & industrialization

Build the people, production systems, and capacity needed to move from today's operation to tomorrow's demand.

What you receive
Capacity and layout plan, production readiness milestones, workforce requirements, and ramp-up roadmap.

What an engagement can include
  • Greenfield launches and facility expansion planning
  • Production line design, standard work, and operator training
  • New product launches and ramp-up execution
  • Vertical integration, warehousing, and material flow
05 / PROJECT DELIVERY

Project management & execution

Turn a business priority into a coordinated project with clear scope, accountable owners, and a practical delivery plan. We lead cross-functional execution from kickoff through completion and operational handover.

What you receive
Defined scope, integrated schedule, budget tracking, risk register, and handover plan.

What an engagement can include
  • Project scope, objectives, milestones, and acceptance criteria
  • Integrated schedules, resource planning, budget tracking, and status reporting
  • Risk, issue, dependency, and change management
  • Coordination across engineering, operations, suppliers, and leadership
  • Capital projects, facility expansions, new production lines, product launches, and integration initiatives
  • Commissioning readiness, handover, and review of results against objectives

Experience behind the execution

Proven operating discipline.
Applied to your business.

Our approach draws on executive responsibility for profitability, capacity, quality, and people across automotive and marine manufacturing. These selected career results demonstrate the experience brought to your engagement.

PROFITABILITY · MARINE INDUSTRY

$7.6M → $27.4M

EBITDA growth

Experience connecting productivity, capacity, cost discipline, and operating accountability to financial performance.

PRODUCTIVITY · VOLVO GROUP

58% → 90%

Product-line efficiency

Experience improving production flow, standardized work, line balance, and material delivery.

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS · VOLVO GROUP

WCM Gold

World Class Manufacturing

Experience developing and deploying a site-wide production system that builds capability in people and processes.

Historical achievements from Matt Saloom's prior executive roles; not The Saloom Group client results or guarantees of future performance.

Who we work with

Partners for the
moments that matter.

Serving automotive, transportation, industrial, and marine businesses where operating performance drives enterprise value. Engagements are tailored to your processes, people, market, and stage of growth.

Private equity sponsors & deal teams

Operational insight before an acquisition and experienced leadership to execute the value creation plan after close.

Owners & founder-led businesses

Structure, capacity, and leadership to support growth, improve performance, or prepare the business for a transition.

Boards & management teams

A practical operating partner for turnarounds, leadership gaps, integration, and complex manufacturing challenges.

How lasting change happens

Fix the Problem.
Develop the People.
Sustain the Change.

Better performance comes from connecting the whole business. We work alongside your leaders and teams to solve today’s challenge and build the capability to handle tomorrow’s.

01 / FIX THE PROBLEM

Find what is holding you back.

Listen, observe, and establish the facts. Connect strategy, people, processes, projects, and performance to identify the constraints that matter most.

02 / DEVELOP THE PEOPLE

Build confidence and ownership.

Coach leaders, clarify responsibilities, and develop practical skills. Build standards with the people doing the work so improvement becomes something the team owns.

03 / SUSTAIN THE CHANGE

Make progress part of the system.

Establish clear measures, daily routines, and accountability. Transfer knowledge and reinforce the processes that help the business remain stable and keep improving.

Methods draw on Lean, Toyota Production System, World Class Manufacturing, and structured project delivery. The scope fits your business, resources, and objectives.

A practical place to start

Understand the challenge.
Define the next move.

Our Executive Business Performance Evaluation looks across the system, from leadership and operating routines to project execution and growth readiness. The scope and timing are agreed around your priorities.

THE BUSINESS

A shared picture of today.

Align on the challenge, desired outcomes, and the people and processes involved. Identify what needs deeper review.

THE PRIORITIES

Focus where it matters.

Surface performance gaps, execution risks, and improvement opportunities. Separate immediate needs from longer-term capability building.

THE PATH FORWARD

An actionable starting point.

Define priorities, accountable owners, measures of success, and a recommended roadmap for the next stage.

An evaluation can be the starting point for an engagement. Scope, deliverables, and fees are agreed before work begins.

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Your operating partner

Experienced leadership.
Working alongside your team.

The Saloom Group is led by Matt Saloom, whose experience spans Volvo Group manufacturing leadership and President and COO roles in marine manufacturing. He brings hands-on responsibility for transformation, growth, integration, and operating performance.

As a change agent and Co-Founder of Get Certified for Operational Excellence, Matt combines execution with leadership development. Your engagement focuses on the people, processes, and practical decisions needed to move your business forward.

About Matt & our approach

Start with your business

What needs to
move forward?

Tell us about the challenge, the outcome you need, and when you need support. We’ll use that context to discuss fit and the right next step.

What happens next

  1. You share a brief overview.
  2. We review your priorities and engagement fit.
  3. We arrange an introductory conversation to agree on a potential scope.
thesaloomgroup@gmail.com(252) 259-0695

New Bern, North Carolina
Available for engagements nationwide.

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